Senior Equipment Technician
Bio-Techne · St Paul, MN · 2 wk ago
Engineering$27.2–$37.4/hrFull-time
About the role
A Senior Equipment Technician will install and perform PMs on the site’s capital equipment. This will include complex repairs and calibrations of high complexity. Additionally, this role will provide support and provide training for other team members working on smaller-scale and minor equipment maintenance. This position will also serve as an important partner to the department by assisting in strategic planning, vendor management, and protocol guidance.
Responsibilities
- Perform installation, maintenance, repairs, and routine inspections on capital and manufacturing equipment.
- Perform calibrations on high level complex equipment and have knowledge of metrology practices.
- Coordinate maintenance and repairs on highly complex systems/equipment.
- Coordinate and schedule daily steam plant operation and repair.
- Cross functionally coordinates project planning around operations manufacturing schedule.
- Perform daily activities such as calibrations, repairs and PMs within the various clean rooms.
- Fix plumbing, electrical components, hardware, lighting, and building HVAC systems both in and out of clean rooms.
- Facilitate meetings regarding/overseeing equipment procurement and overall project initiatives.
- Work with vendors to purchase equipment and negotiate contracts.
- Coordinate with external vendors and oversee their work while onsite.
- Understand, utilize, edit, and author SOPs.
- Investigate and author non-conformance reports.
- Periodically review department procedures to identify and implement process improvements.
- Work within the Regulatory Asset Manager (RAM) to enter and document new equipment as well as establish and evaluate calibration and maintenance schedules.
- Management of the BAS (Building Automation System).
- Train and mentor Equipment Technicians and Advanced Equipment Technicians.
- Create and review existing work instructions for Equipment Technicians and Advanced Equipment Technicians.
- Approve and assign work order requests.
- Routine operation of material handling equipment such as forklifts and pallet jacks.
- Follow guidelines and comply with all